Motorsport in Pictures
Simon Kidston - 1974 Lamborghini Countach LP400 Periscopa - 2016 Windsor Concours of Elegance
When I was growing up in the Eighties the supercar of choice was the LP500 Countach, complete with massive wing, vents & skirts. This 1974 car is a different proposition - aggressive purely of form, details paired back to almost obsessively minimalistic.
This Verde Medio Countach is the fifth ever. It was commissioned and owned by Francesco Innocenti, the at-the-time heir to the Italian scooter and motor car empire. It says something that he was all of 22 years old when he purchased this car to replace a specially commissioned Miura SV. How the other half live...
These early Countach were often nicknamed Persicopa for the roof - indented periscope channel that was intended to offer some level of rear visibility, similar to the sports - prototypes of the era such as the Porsche 917. Apparently it didn't, so the feature didn't find it's way into later cars...
Simon Kidston - 1974 Lamborghini Countach LP400 Periscopa - 2016 Windsor Concours of Elegance
When I was growing up in the Eighties the supercar of choice was the LP500 Countach, complete with massive wing, vents & skirts. This 1974 car is a different proposition - aggressive purely of form, details paired back to almost obsessively minimalistic.
This Verde Medio Countach is the fifth ever. It was commissioned and owned by Francesco Innocenti, the at-the-time heir to the Italian scooter and motor car empire. It says something that he was all of 22 years old when he purchased this car to replace a specially commissioned Miura SV. How the other half live...
These early Countach were often nicknamed Persicopa for the roof - indented periscope channel that was intended to offer some level of rear visibility, similar to the sports - prototypes of the era such as the Porsche 917. Apparently it didn't, so the feature didn't find it's way into later cars...